Noyes - Proverbs - 27

27:1  Boast not thyself of to-morrow; For thou knowest not what a day may bring forth!

27:2  Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; A stranger, and not thine own lips.

27:3  A stone is heavy and sand is weighty; But a fool’s wrath is heavier than both.

27:4  Wrath is cruel, and anger overwhelming; But who is able to stand before jealousy?

27:5  Better is open rebuke Than love kept concealed.

27:6  Faithful are the wounds of a friend; But the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.

27:7  He who is fed to the full loatheth the honeycomb; But to the hungry any bitter thing is sweet.

27:8  As a bird that wandereth from its nest, So is a man who wandereth from his place.

27:9  Oil and perfume gladden the heart; Sweet also is one’s friend by hearty counsel.

27:10  Thine own friend and thy father’s friend forsake not; And go not into thy brother’s house in the day of thy calamity. Better is a neighbor that is near, than a brother far off.

27:11  Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad, That I may give an answer to him that reproacheth me.

27:12  A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; The simple pass on, and are punished.

27:13  Take his garment who is surety for another; Yea, take a pledge of him who is bound for a stranger.

27:14  He who blesseth his neighbor with a loud voice, rising early for it, It shall be accounted to him as a curse.

27:15  A continual dropping in a very rainy day And a quarrelsome wife are alike.

27:16  He who restraineth her restraineth the wind; And his right hand layeth hold of oil.

27:17  Iron sharpeneth iron; So one man sharpeneth the face of another.

27:18  He that watcheth the fig-tree shall eat its fruit; So he that is careful for his master shall come to honor.

27:19  As in water face answereth to face, So doth the heart of man to man.

27:20  The realms of the dead are never full; So the eyes of man are never satisfied.

27:21  The refining-pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; So let a man be to the mouth that giveth him praise.

27:22  Though thou shouldst beat a fool in a mortar, Among bruised wheat, with a pestle, Yet will not his folly depart from him.

27:23  Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, And look well to thy herds!

27:24  For riches last not for ever; Not even a crown endureth from generation to generation.

27:25  The hay disappeareth, and the tender grass showeth itself, And the herbage of the mountains is gathered in.

27:26  The lambs are thy clothing, And the goats the price of thy field.

27:27  There is goat’s milk enough for thy food, For the food of thy household, And for the sustenance of thy maidens.